Manager, Category Management, Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS)

Amazon • Seattle, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) team is seeking a Manager, Category Management to lead a team responsible for various aspects of their multi-channel retail business, including buying, vendor management, program management, and trade planning. This role will focus on identifying growth opportunities within the Center Store Household, Pet, and Baby categories. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver results at both strategic and tactical levels and engage regularly with senior leadership. The position involves accountability for team and product category business results, managing the product portfolio's performance, hiring and developing team members, cultivating vendor relationships, expanding product selection, leading negotiations, setting category strategy, collaborating on marketing programs, driving sales and margin improvements, and ensuring excellent customer experiences.

Requirements

• 5+ years of negotiations and vendor management experience
• Experience driving direction and alignment with cross-functional teams
• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of team management experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience using data to influence business decisions

Responsibilities

• Manage, hire and develop a team of Category and Vendor Managers
• Manage the P&L of an existing product portfolio while exploring new opportunities and innovation
• Collaborate with functional partners (demand planning, inventory management, marketing, private brands, etc.) in order to deliver against KPIs (revenue, units, instock rate, shrink, etc.)

Benefits

• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)
• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager